Top 50 CleanTech Startup Investors in Asia in October 2024
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Cleantech startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cleantech companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 CleanTech Startup Investors in Asia in October 2024
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
2150 backs technology companies who aim to shape the sustainable cities of the future. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
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Investment focus
- Construction, Manufacturing, Energy
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- SiTration — SiTration improves ultra-durable filtration membranes intended for efficient separations in the harshest environments. Brendan Smith established the company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2020.
- Ember — Travel by electric bus between Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth, Kinross and more. Brand-new buses, affordable fares and real-time tracking.
- Mission Zero — Mission Zero is a DAC startup with patent-pending breakthrough technology and close the carbon cycle.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Decarice — Explore DeCarice's hydrogen retrofit technology to significantly reduce carbon emissions from your existing diesel fleet. Decarbonize with innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
Using technical expertise to advance and invest in energy technology.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Singapore
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- Iontra — Iontra offers an innovative approach to enhancing the health and longevity of rechargeable batteries, contributing significantly to sustainability efforts. Our technology promotes a reduced carbon footprint, fostering a more eco-friendly future.
- FluoRok — By employing our patented technology, we can produce fluorochemicals without the production of toxic and highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid
- Echion Technologies — Echion Technologies is a spinout from the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, using proprietary battery active materials to develop next-generation Li-ion batteries.
We invest in, mentor and partner with technology innovators accelerating the energy transition
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Battery, Chemical Engineering
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Blixt — Blixt offers semiconductor-based circuit breakers and household fuses. These will enable various smart metering and smart grid solutions. Together with angel investors, the total funding amounts to a total of two million euros since Blixt was founded in February 2018. BayWa re Energy Ventures is the main investor in the seed round of financing. Theventure capital company of BayWa re was founded in April 2018.
- Anthro Energy — Anthro Energy combines advanced materials with battery components to create the highest performance flexible battery.
- Immaterial — Facilitating the energy transition with advanced materials.
Supporting the next generation of entpreneurs in enterprise, healthcare, and consumer with disruptive potential.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- RootData — RootData operates as a Web3 asset data platform that pioneers in encapsulating both on-chain and off-chain data of Web3 assets.
- Wanglitong — Wanglitong manufactures lithium battery auxiliary materials. It currently specializes on lithium battery films and membrane materials. Its current product lines include brown high-temperature tape, milky white OPP tape, and TPU expansion tape, all of which have reached mass production.
- weshare — Weshare is an IT company that specializes in big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence services. Weshare pursue the innovative and harmonious development of people, things, and the business ecosystem which creates maximum value with the trend. They are committed to providing scientific and technological services worldwide throughcontinuous exploration and technologies.
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
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- Weights — Weights is a social AI Creation Platform. Create audio, images, chat, and more for free, and share with your friends!
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
- Glean — Glean is the work assistant with intuition. Find exactly what you need, right when you need it. So you and your team can get big things done.
China Renaissance Capital Investment, founded in June 2005, is a leading alternative investment management firm that focuses on investment opportunities across a broad range of industries in Greater China.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Car Sharing, Transportation
- Series A, Series C, Series D
- China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pharmcube — Medical Cube is a one-stop big data service platform providing data, media info, and consulting services for the pharmaceutical industry.
- Dida Chuxing — Dida Chuxing specializes in taxi-hailing and carpooling.
- BrandHouse Holding — We give large online and offline retailers as well as small specialist online shops and the end-consumers of all these platforms access to hundreds of thousands of high quality products and great brands, across borders, raise efficiency in logistics and financing and support SMEs to license their products, often results of over 100 years ofbusiness history, to the Asian markets. All of this is supported and enhanced by a suite of our proprietary technologies.
Earth Venture Capital (EVC) seeks to empower smart-ass founders with kick-ass digital solutions in the big-as market of climate change. EVC invests in outstanding startups with ambitious approaches, breakthrough solutions, and a thirst for committed partnerships. EVC invests (1) cash, (2) knowledge, (3) know-how, (4) mentorship, (5) physicalfacilities, (6) high-level executives, and (7) strong network.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Singapore, Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Treetoscope — The first and only commercial device that senses the internal water flow of a plant and directly measures its water consumption and real-time irrigation needs. without extrapolations based on indirect sensing technologies.Treetoscope offers a SaaS irrigation management platform, based on direct plant sensing technology. We tackle one of the mostcrucial challenges farmers face today: water scarcity and irrigation optimization. Our groundbreaking ag-tech enables the unprecedented measurement of real-time actual water use of trees (based on our patented single probe Sap Flow sensor). Through the Treetoscope solution, growers gain great value as a result of the affordability, scalability, and ease of deployment of our technology.
- Aalo Atomics — Creating abundant and dependable clean energy to power humanity for generations.
- BeeX — Pioneering Autonomous Robotics-as-a-Service (ARaaS) on a global scale
China Creation Ventures (CCV) was founded by the former KPCB China Managing Partner, Wei Zhou, and his TMT investment team of many years in KPCB China. With the majority of members from KPCB China, CCV has developed deep domain expertise and insight in the TMT industry. The companies they invested at early stage include JD.com (NASDAQ:JD),CreditEase (NYSE:YRD), Rong360 (NYSE:JT), ID5.com, Himalaya FM, Tan Tan Mobile Social (acquired by Momo, NASDAQ: MOMO), VenusTech (SZ:002439), Manzuo.com (acquired by SuNing), Miaopai Mobile Video (Yixia.com), ULUCU (NEEQ:837110), Miaozhen Systems, Asia Innovation Group, Meican.com, Scinor Water (acquired by TRCE:300332), KJY Water (NEEQ:835159), Arrail Dental, etc. Many of the CCV’s portfolio have seen significant business growth and closed a new round of financing, including JD Digit, Wanka Online (HKSE:1762), Perfect Corp, Perfect, Ice Kredit, Zuzuche, Veer VR, Menya, Bizvane, Joyrun, Cowa Robot, Lomotif, Dingdong Class, Shukun Technology, Yunhu Health, etc.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, Taiwan, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Aventurier — Aventurier offers cleaning robots that relieve workers of repetitive cleaning jobs while drastically increasing the efficiency and intelligence of cleaning operations.
- U Power — U Power is an intelligent electric vehicle company that builds cars for scenarios. It aims to enable scenario owners to define cars through standardized UP super chassis and to achieve Car as a Service. The company is headquartered in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
- WeZhi Airlines — WeZhi Aviation focuses on medium and large general unmanned transport aircraft , and the company aspires to be a global provider of intelligent aviation-related technological goods and services.
Qianhai Fund of Funds is a fund management company that markets qualified investors in the private equity investment industry.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, Japan, Canada
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- Raythink Technology — Raythink is committed to the research and development of innovative applications of vehicle-mounted AR display products, providing customers with a highly reusable AR Generator ecological software platform, which enables the vehicle HMI system to continuously embed independent software algorithms/applications, and convert them into AR displaygraphics and visual effects.
- Borg Technology — Borg Technology is a producer of testing and micromachining tools, with an emphasis on optical and precision optical devices.
- Zhongrou New Materials — Zhongrou New Materials is a developer of fluorine-containing electronic new materials.
Freny Firoze Irani
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Investment focus
- Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Lionsbot — LionsBot's objective is to empower cleaners with easy-to-use, powerful and smart cleaning robots which help perform and fulfil key cleaning roles - Vacuum, Clean, Scrub, Mop and yes, even Pull.
Leiyao Ziben is an investment firm that provides asset management and investment management services.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Youhe Guanjia — Youhe Steward is a family sanitation management service provider that creates a comprehensive family hygiene management service integrating sanitation, storage, and air health, and opens the era of special forces in the cleaning industry.
ReGACY Innovation Group offers complete co-creation support, from discovery to commercialization and monetization.
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Investment focus
- Nuclear, CleanTech, Clean Energy
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 77 Sol — 77 Sol is a solar energy technology company. 77 Sol offers technology, equipment, financing, and solar energy professionals. They deliver to our integrators, installers, engineers, and partner resellers a digital distributor in the form of software as a service for photovoltaic equipment.
- APLANET — Aplanet provides the most complete software tools for CSR and sustainability professionals to manage their day-to-day. Their mission is to bring social responsibility to the forefront of business objectives by empowering organizations with the tools to manage, measure, and showcase their impact.
- Mixergy — The Mixergy Tank - heat what you need, live better, save money, and reduce your impact on the environment. Market leaders in hot water tank innovation and in the decarbonisation of heating hot water in the home.
Bali Investment Club is an investment firm based in Indonesia.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, GreenTech
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Bioniqa — Bioniqa promotes sustainable living through the development of cutting-edge carbon capture technology.
HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, serves millions of customers through its three Global Businesses.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
- United Kingdom, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- ELIS — Elis is a multi-services group in Europe and Brazil, specialized in the rental and maintenance of professional clothing and textile articles, as well as hygiene appliance and well-being services. With more than 19,000 employees spread across 13 countries, Elis consolidated turnover in 2014 was €1.331 billion and consolidated EBITDA reached €429million. Benefiting from more than a century of experience, Elis today services more than 240 000 businesses of all sizes in the hotel, catering, healthcare, industry, retail and services sectors, thanks to its network of nearly 300 production and distribution centers and 13 clean rooms, which guarantees it an unrivalled proximity to its clients.
- Neoen — Neoen is an independent energy company, develops, finances, builds, and operates power plants based on renewable energies in France, Portugal, Australia, Mexico, Egypt, and El Salvador. It operates solar, wind, and biomass power plants. The company, through its subsidiaries, also specializes in the development of marine renewable energy projects inFrance; supports photovoltaic project developers and investors in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of solar power plants in France and abroad; and develops solar and wind farms.
- Red Engine — Red Engine is a Hospitality Company
Pay, Accept, Exchange, Comply: white-label payment solutions for any use case. Real-time, interoperable payments in 130 countries via our direct network.
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Investment focus
- Apps, SaaS, Forestry
- Seed, Series A
- Togo, Singapore
Dingxin Maoye is an investment firm that offers investment management and consulting.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, CleanTech, Industrial
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Leatu Robot — Leatu Robot is an external cleaning robot developer company.
Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- SirenOpt — SirenOpt platforms provide non-destructive, real-time, inline and off-line materials characterization and classification solutions for manufacturers
- Swift Solar — Swift Solar is a startup manufacturing lightweight solar panels that are cheaper and more efficient than conventional panels using perovskite materials.
- Matereal — Matereal is a biobased polyurethane manufacturer that seeks to replace the toxic polyurethane industry and bring a new environmentally safe plastic to market.
Ceyuan Ventures is a Beijing-based early stage venture capital firm focused on IT and emerging growth companies. They emphasize backing great teams, technology and business innovation. Their mission is to assist entrepreneurs in creating and building world-class businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Series A, Series B, Angel
- China, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Zaihui — Zaihui is a SaaS-based data-driven marketing automation solution for local businesses that offers them with member management, precipitation members, incentive members, and mining member values. Product system offers intelligent precision marketing, integral marketing, stored-value marketing, anniversary marketing, attendant performance, thememarketing activities, and brand packaging marketing.Zaihui is headquartered in China and the company was founded in 2015.
- Qinglei Technology — Qinglei Technology is a radar sensing technology startup.
- Siyue Intelligence — Siyue Intelligence produces software and hardware for TFT-LCD semiconductor automation. It integrates R&D, design, production, and service, and is committed to providing fully automated warehousing robot systems, and intelligent detection.
SAIF Partners is a leading private equity firm that provides growth capital to companies in Asia.Our primary areas of focus include Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, Cleantech, Education, Modern Agriculture, Financial Services & Manufacturing.SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 andcurrently manages over $4 billion in capital. With over 100 investments since its inception, SAIF has become one of the largest and most active funds in the region. SAIF is a long-term investor with local teams in Hong Kong, China, and India.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Jeejio — Jeejio develops AI-based processors for applications on IoT-enabled devices and solutions. In addition, it develops intelligent operating systems for the chips that enable the developers to program the latter.
- Passion Intelligence — Passion Intelligence is a provider of intelligent warehousing and logistics solutions, focusing on intelligent manufacturing, with technological innovation and service as the core, leading industrial interconnection. Passion is committed to providing customers with overall solutions for smart manufacturing. The products and services providedinclude smart warehousing equipment, smart logistics equipment, industrial software, IoT terminal equipment, and total system integration, involving 3C, automotive, military electronics, home appliances and other businesses field.
- Reconova Technologies — Reconova is a leading artificial intelligence company in China, which focuses on providing cutting-edge visual perception total solutions. Dedicated to the research of innovative computer vision and machine learning technologies, Reconova possesses a significant amount of core technologies in those fields. The core product development team of thecompany is mainly from Huawei with outstanding end-to-end product design and delivery capabilities. In smart retail, smart home, and intelligent security markets, Reconova has all achieved scale production and application. Reconova is the strategic partner of many well-known companies including Alibaba, JD, Midea, Xiaomi, Huawei, Anta, Wanda, Focus Media, and so on.
Gaoge Investment is engaged in investments in new energy, mining, manufacturing, catering, and high-tech industries.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Lifestyle, Housekeeping Service
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Shequ — Shequ is an Internet platform that provides community services.
SuperSteam's All-in-One Steam Cleaners combine powerful steam, detergent injection and simultaneous vacuuming for quick cleaning action. Sweep and mop at the same time! We supply the best quality cleaning machines and cleaning equipments in all of Singapore.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Lionsbot — LionsBot's objective is to empower cleaners with easy-to-use, powerful and smart cleaning robots which help perform and fulfil key cleaning roles - Vacuum, Clean, Scrub, Mop and yes, even Pull.
Michael Diekmann is Supervisory Board Member at Siemens.
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Investment focus
- mHealth, CleanTech, Smart Home
- Series A, Series C
- China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- BERGLUF — BERGLUF develops and sells air purification system products.
- Huma — Huma is a global health technology company that provides a modular platform to support digital 'hospitals at home' across different disease areas. Its platform combines predictive algorithms, digital biomarkers, and real-world data to advance proactive, predictive care and research.The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered inLondon, England.
Undivided Ventures invests in early-stage companies that meet the built environment's most urgent sustainability challenges.
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Investment focus
- Solar, CleanTech, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GetSolar — GetSolar (formerly Solar AI) is a reliable solar company in Singapore that makes it easy for property owners to install solar systems with zero upfront cost.
Guoheng Century operates as an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Virtual Goods
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Jihui Life — Jihui Life is a brand that specializes in integrating Internet preferential function resources such as call discounts, shopping discounts, and membership discounts for key audio and video platforms.
- Jingke Wash and Care — Jingke Wash and Care is a one-stop laundry platform that provides offline cleaning and laundry care services.
Established on 17th May 2021, Ecoxyztem, a business unit of PT Greeneration Indonesia, is a venture builder that aims to enable ecopreneurs to solve climate challenges at scale. Sharing the mutual concern on how to accelerate solutions to environmental problems, we're providing continuous involvement and support to early-stage startups so they can focus on building and scaling up their impactful and profitable business.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
- Pre-Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- CarbonEthics — CarbonEthics is Indonesia's tech-enabled natural climate solutions developer. Decarbonize with us by restoring ecosystems, improving livelihoods, and biodiversity, focusing on blue carbon and carbon offsetting initiatives.
Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, India, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
- BharatNXT — Make secure business payments with BharatNXT. Our platform offers services from Vendor payments to GST payments. Experience simple credit card payments for businesses. Get started today!
- Inflow — Looking for reliable suppliers and efficient supply chain management for your fashion brand? Look no further than Inflow! Our online platform offers an end-to-end solution for all your production needs, from design to delivery. Simplify and optimize your production process with Inflow's high-quality sourcing and expert supply chain management. Try us out today!
Intudo Ventures is an "Indonesia-only" venture capital firm with a concentrated portfolio approach capitalizing on the rapid growth of private consumption and the rising middle class in Indonesia.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Jago Coffee — Jago Coffee serves freshly brewed coffee beverages wherever you are through a fleet of fully electric mobile cafes.
- CarbonEthics — CarbonEthics is Indonesia's tech-enabled natural climate solutions developer. Decarbonize with us by restoring ecosystems, improving livelihoods, and biodiversity, focusing on blue carbon and carbon offsetting initiatives.
- Kargo Technologies — Kargo adalah layanan logistik online yang menyediakan solusi pengiriman barang yang mudah, cepat, dan terpercaya. Temukan layanan yang dapat diandalkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pengiriman Anda.
Hamamatsu Photonics Corporate Venture Capital provides capital and make global technical and business resources available to help start-ups.
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Investment focus
- Electronics
- Convertible Note
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- BEAM Technologies — BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems.
- NLM Photonics — Data centers consume enormous amounts of power; our faster, energy-efficient electro-optic modulation solution moves data across the internet.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests using a commercial approach to overcome market barriers and mobilize investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies. They seek to catalyze and leverage private sector funding for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies necessary for thetransition to a carbon-constrained economy.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
- Debt Financing, Series B, Seed
- Australia, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Plenti — When it comes to money, every decision counts. From what you borrow, and when you pay it back. To where you invest it, and how you make it go further. We’re on a mission to help everyone to make the right choices — about the choices that count.
- Team Global Express — Send parcels to family and friends anywhere with Team Global Express offering the BEST and fastest freight, parcel delivery service. Trusted Partner, world class eCommerce Leader in digitally connecting customers globally
- Downforce Technologies — Downforce Technologies is a pioneering leader in science-led, data-driven land management solutions focused on optimising soil health, soil organic carbon levels and biodiversity. With over 30% of the world's soil already degraded, urgent action is needed to address this pressing global challenge. Our platform offers a complete,high-resolution view of the land's carbon profile, enabling precise analysis and site-specific strategies for optimizing carbon levels.
Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Biotechnology, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- InventWood — InventWood aims to be the leader in cellulose-based technologies. The company specializes in the production of cellulosic materials. InventWood was established in 2016 by Amy Gong in College Park, Maryland.
- Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
- Applied Carbon — Applied Carbon is scaling ground-breaking technology to regenerate soils and trap atmospheric carbon for the benefit of people and the world.
Tsuneishi Partners provides services and products in shipbuilding, shipping, environmental, energy, and services. With regard to product development, the company has a lineup of container carriers and tankers centered on bulk cargo ships to meet the needs of various markets.
It was established in 1917 and is based in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Investment focus
- Apps, SNS, Translation Service
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- JaQool, Inc. — JaQool is a company that will leverage social innovation and new technologies to create convenient services that are something to get excited about. Three entrepreneurs from different backgrounds have gathered together to utilise these new technologies and techniques to develop services that can help to make the world a better place.JaQool willinitially work on a mobile translation service for tourists coming to Japan from overseas. The number of tourists from overseas has been increasing rapidly in recent years, but many have encountered difficulties due to being unable to understand Japanese. Removing the language barrier is a pressing challenge that needs to be addressed, particularly in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics that will be held in 2020. JaQool can help contribute towards a solution.
- Kotozna Japan — Kotozna is an IT service company that aims to solve the social problem of "language cave" using cutting-edge technologies such as AI and machine translation. Multilingual translation services such as "Kotozna Chat", which provides messaging with simultaneous translation between different SNS platforms, and "KotoznaCamera", which translates Japanese content such as restaurant menus and displays them by QR code scanning.
- Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
ATL is the world's leading producer and innovator of lithium-ion batteries. They are known worldwide for their high-tech, high-volume prowess in developing, producing and packaging high quality rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells and packs. Their service, know-how, production capacity and system integration capability is second to none.Working closely with world-renowned branded smartphones, tablets and notebooks OEMs, drones, robots and power tools specialists, VR/AR vanguards and various wearable and smart home technology trailblazers, they are helping the world connect better, last longer, live easier and fly higher. Headquartered in Hong Kong, they operate factories in Dongguan and Ningde, in the People's Republic of China.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Chemical, CleanTech
- Series A, Funding Round
- China, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- GREENORE — Greenore US spun off from Columbia Engineering in 2016. Greenore Shanghai base has started its operation since 2017 which launched a JV with China Baotou Steel (Group) in 2018.
- CarbonScape — CarbonScape technology produces high-quality, sustainable biographite from renewable materials for greener lithium-ion batteries.
- Hydrogen Energy — Hydrogen Energy specializes in PEM electrolysis for hydrogen production, offering R&D, production, sales, and technical services.
In 1992, GLOBIS started out with one marketing course in a small, rented classroom in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Since then, the management environment surrounding Japanese companies has reached an unparalleled turning point requiring dynamic change and creativity. The history of GLOBIS is the continual pursuit of creative change and innovationdrawing upon our own experience in starting and growing businesses. In "People" infrastructures, we have turned out a large number of business leaders and supported corporate clients in enhancing their management capabilities. In "Capital," we have supported the creative efforts of venture businesses, and in "Knowledge," we have published numerous books on management. With each new day, GLOBIS takes another step toward becoming the No. 1 business school in Asia as well as Asia's No. 1 venture capital firm. Yoshito Hori
Chairman and CEO of GLOBIS Corporation
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Pet, Sustainability
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
Bitmain is a manufacturer of Bitcoin mining hardware and other related services.Bitmain was founded by several of the digital currency industry’s earliest players, and their team is comprised of passionate and pedigreed engineers, financial experts, and Bitcoin enthusiasts.Bitmain is headquartered in Beijing and has offices in San Francisco,Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Shenzhen.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
- Shentu Chain — The Shentu Chain's mission is to create a more trustworthy blockchain world for all, starting with the Shentu Chain, a public platform that's secure, decentralized and compatible & interoperable with other blockchain ecosystems. Where security is a need, not a nice-to-have.
- Core Scientific — Explore Core Scientific mining, a top digital asset mining company with bitcoin and GPU hosting services offering advanced data center solutions. Learn more!
IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, India
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- Galaxy Bot — Galaxy Bot is an innovative robotics company that provides intelligent universal service robotic products.
- Sentient — Community-built open AGI
- Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co. — Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co., Ltd specializes in the development, production, and supply of high-purity single molecular PEG series derivatives, polypeptide long-acting drug side chains, and their intermediates. The company focuses on serving the pharmaceutical industry with a range of chemical supplies that are crucial for drug development andmanufacturing processes. With a professional R&D team, Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology is dedicated to advancing pharmaceutical intermediates technology and providing solutions that meet the evolving needs of the healthcare sector. The company's commitment to research and development is evident in its continuous efforts to innovate and improve its product offerings to support the pharmaceutical industry.
TRIREC is an investment holding company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with key focus on renewable energy and clean technology.
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- Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Singapore, China
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- Oort Energy — We are Oort Energy: innovating the technology that makes electrolysis economical and sustainable.
- Immaterial — Immaterial is a manufacture super-adsorbent nanomaterials which can dramatically reduce the cost of separating, storing, and transporting gas.
- Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.
Beenos is a platform for startups. Our in-house team of entrepreneurs-in-residence and specialists help you get your ideas off the ground. We’re (the) experts in engineering, design, data science, and business management. We know how to launch a company in this ever changing IT industry, and we’d like to help establish and expand your present andfuture business.The company was founded in 1999 as NetPrice.com, a provider of eCommerce services. NetPrice.com established Beenos as an incubation program before
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, India
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- Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
- Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
- Delivered Korea — Buy KPOP, Korean skincare, and any products from Korean shopping sites. Use our free Korean address, consolidation, forwarding, and personal shopper!
Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT.
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- Software, Analytics, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Germany, Egypt
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- Brale — Combining the best of CeFi & DeFi.
- Terra.do — Learn about climate change and start working on climate change solutions today with the Terra.do community.
- Unearthly Materials — Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company focused on delivering practical room-temperature superconductors and powering the century of superconductivity.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) works towards global prosperity by connecting small businesses in developing countries to international
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- B2B, CleanTech, Marketplace
- Seed, Grant
- Senegal, Mongolia
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- Airee — Airee provides an organic, biodegradable alternative to synthetic filters for the planet. The objective is to pioneer nature-inspired ideas for humanity's most basic needs, beginning with air.
- LAfricaMobile — WE HELP ENTREPRISES IN AFRICA TO BUILD STRONG LINKS WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS ON THE MOBILE PHONE.Thanks to customized solutions and products that take into account local context in Africa, LAfricaMobile makes communication between companies and their customers much easier. Our adaptability (Multi-operator, Multi-channel, Multi-country) allowscompanies to reach a wide target and gives end consumers instant, safe and secure access to the information they need.
- ProXalys — ProXalys is an online marketplace for agricultural products, offering assured payments and deferred payment options for merchants.
Established in Hong Kong in 2002, SCEA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation ("Sumitomo"), one of the biggest multinational conglomerates in Japan with business and investment covering metal products, transportation & construction systems, infrastructure, chemical & electronics, mineral resources & energy,media, network & lifestyle retail, general products, real estate and financial & logistics services. The entire Sumitomo Corporation Group consists of over 800 subsidiaries and associated companies with more than 65,000 employees all over the world.
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- Health Care, Logistics, B2B
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, Japan, Malaysia
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- AI-LINK — AILINK is committed to being a pioneer and leader in mobile network and edge computing infrastructure in the AI era. The company currently focuses on intelligent manufacturing and other digital transformation scenarios. Its products are built on OICT (Operational and Information Communications Technology) integration, with a focus on industrial environments. AILINK offers end-to-end, scenario-driven 5G-to-B products and solutions, providing seamless industrial adaptation, enhanced smart operations, and simplified management. This enables plug-and-play deployment of private 5G network, accelerating the growth of new productivity models.
- Naluri Life — Naluri is a human-driven, AI-augmented digital health solution that delivers improvements in mental and physical health.
- clearing zero carbon — Clean Capture is an innovative company that uses artificial technology and provides low-cost carbon removal technology solutions through the research and development and commercialization of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology.
Envisioning Partners, impact venture capital
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- Software, CleanTech, Logistics
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Aquafortus — Aquafortus specializes in providing enviornmental services and commercializes proprietary zero liquid discharge technology.
- Green Li-ion — Green Li-ion is a deep clean technology that solves the existential risk to the precious metals industry and the environment. Its patented deep technology is Cleaner, Faster, and 4x more profitable than current Lithium-Ion Battery recycling and the only technology to fully Rejuvenate the battery cathode. It was founded in 2020 and is based inSingapore.
- Dimensional Energy — We transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel.
Oriza Seed Venture Capital, located in Suzhou Industrial Park, is held by Suzhou Oriza Holdings Ltd. Oriza Seed is a market-oriented investment platform. It looks for investment opportunities among early-stage and growth-stage enterprises in the fields of Healthcare and TMT. Oriza Seed has ample resources and experiences investing in the healthcarefield. By late March 2016, Oriza Seed has invested in more than 50 healthcare companies, including Ascentage Pharma, Innovent Biologics, and SceneRay Corporation.
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- Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- China, United States
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- Xinhong life — Xinhong Life is a technologically creative medical company dedicated to developing a medical enterprise based on ultrasound energy technology as well as combining drug and device technology. Xinhong Life, which specializes in interventional ultrasound technology and combined drug-device technology, has developed a number of technology platforms,including interventional ultrasound energy technology, combined drug-device technology, software and algorithm architecture technology, and industrial transformation platforms, and continues to develop innovative energy device products that truly address clinical pain points.
- Guiyan Electronic — Guiyan Electronic is an electronic materials company that specializes in the development and innovation of silicon nanomaterials.
- Agile Medical — Agile Medical, a surgical robot company, focuses on research, development, and industrialization of intelligent surgical products. Agile Medical's technology innovation platform covers mechanics, electronics, optics, computing, and software.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia
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- FitFlo — FitFlo brings to life the connected gym experience for Operators, Trainers and Members.
- Mole — Mole is a digital business card and mobile website software. Connect with your clients, promote your business online and much more. Comes with free customised NFC business card.
- Optacloud — Fostering a global AI powered ecosystem to achieve 100% cloud efficacy-> effortlessly, economically and eco-consciously. Dev tools stack for automating the entire development lifecycle of cloud apps across- Build, Deploy & Optimize.
Ant Group aims to create the infrastructure and platform to support the digital transformation of the service industry. They strive to enable all consumers and small businesses to have equal access to financial and other services that are inclusive, green, and sustainable.Formally established in October 2014, Ant Group’s origins date to 2004 whenAlipay was created in the nascent days of e-commerce to solve the trust issue between buyers and sellers in online transactions. Their innovative payment solution bridged the trust gap, facilitated online transactions, and underpinned the development of e-commerce in China. Having pioneered digital payments in China, Ant Group has since expanded its service offerings through technology and innovation to enable digital finance for consumers and businesses.Their technology enables participants in commercial activities, including consumers, businesses, and partners, to build and strengthen trust among each other. They believe their new technologies, including their blockchain solution that they call AntChain, will continue to strengthen the foundation of trust in this digital era.
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- Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- China, Hong Kong, Singapore
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- Anext Bank — Anext Bank is a digital banking platform that offers banking, finance, and financial services.
- YUETU CORP — Yuentu Corporation is involved in the digitization of travel scenarios and the reconstruction of human cultural values, reshaping rail and air travel experiences for passengers. They committed to integrating the scene resources of large transportation hubs, applying technology to management, realizing scene innovation, and recreating the value ofresources. They operated three businesses: high-speed rail catering, premium travel, and digital cultural tourism.
- Shengshu Technology — Shengshu Technology is an artificial intelligence solution provider that focuses on the creation of multi-modal generative big models and application products. It offers broad services to institutional businesses and technical service providers in specific industries.
Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, Singapore
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- dinii — Dinii is a mobile order platform for take-out shops.
- Ascentium — At Ascentium, we believe in the power of partnership to realise unlimited growth potential.
- Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.
Animal Spirits is an investment firm that raises funds for seed and early-stage startups and provides relevant advisory services.
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- B2B, Legal, Farming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
Key lead of international businesses for 18+ years (eBay, PayPal, Mastercard and Blizzard) in eCommerce, Sustainability, Fintech and Gaming by innovating and driving change through Business Strategy, Product Management and UX, Business Operations, Data Management, Retention and Acquisition Marketing management, following five years studying withtop business schools.12+ years of start-up mentoring and investing with a handful of successful exits. Current portfolio value is 3X or 26% IRR.Also built and managed my own start-ups from scratch and/or in a Corporate environment (Joint Venture constructs).Based in Singapore and worked all over the world (France, UK, US, Korea) but focusing on South-East Asia right now.
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- Solar, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, Australia
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- Okra Solar — Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
- Pollen — Pollen is your liquidation operating system & AI co-pilot for aged, unsold, obsolete inventory. Avoid business waste and destruction by automating workstreams, unlocking the power of pricing analytics, and empowering teams to take action for more sustainable outcomes.
- GetSolar — GetSolar (formerly Solar AI) is a reliable solar company in Singapore that makes it easy for property owners to install solar systems with zero upfront cost.
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